Football: Defoe hat-trick for Spurs
England striker Jermain Defoe scored a hat-trick as Tottenham Hotspur ended the brave FA Cup run of third-flight Leeds United on Wednesday night with a 3-1 victory at Elland Road.
Malawi stunned Algeria 3-0 at a near-deserted November 11 stadium in Luanda as the unpredictable start to the African Nations Cup continued.
German Bundesliga side Stuttgart appoint Swiss Christian Gross as their new coach after dismissing Markus Babbel (above) on Sunday.
Virender Sehwag plundered the second-fastest Test double hundred as India piled on an incredible 443-1 off just 79 overs on the second day of the deciding third match against Sri Lanka in Mumbai.
Didier Cuche gave Switzerland opening honors in the men’s World Cup skiing season with victory in the giant slalom on the Rettenbach glacier in Austria.
A shoeless Tiger Woods snored on their lawn while the golfer’s wife stood silently by in the minutes after his SUV crashed into a tree, neighbors told Florida investigators.
TP Mazembe claimed the African Champions League after beating Nigerian side FC Heartland 1-0 in the second leg of their final in Lubumbashi on Saturday, winning on away goals.
Manny Pacquiao is threatening Floyd Mayweather Jr. with legal action following a row over drugs testing which leaves their proposed super-bout next year in doubt.
Germany’s Martin Kaymer won the lucrative Abu Dhabi Golf Championship for the second time in three years as he held off England’s Ian Poulter to triumph by a shot on Sunday.
Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone casts doubt on the participation of two new teams ahead of the 2010 season, suggesting that a Serbian outfit will instead be on the starting grid in Bahrain.
Manchester United are now just one point behind leaders Chelsea at the top of the English Premier League, after a double from in-form Wayne Rooney helps them to a comfortable 3-0 home win over West Ham on Tuesday evening.
Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger rescued a point for Bayern Munich as the German Bundesliga leaders were held to a 1-1 draw by Cologne which saw their lead at the top of the table cut to just two points on Saturday.
Portsmouth are facing a fresh legal hurdle in their battle for survival after being placed in administration.
Spain’s Pablo Martin is firmly on course for back-to-back victories after taking a two-shot halfway lead in the South African Open at Pearl Valley Golf Estates.
Survivors still emerged from collapsed buildings in Haiti’s devastated capital Sunday, nearly five days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished island nation.
An Australian rugby league player has been charged with dealing drugs just three months after his teammate was served a court notice for the same offence.